 The family secrets of However Far Away, a retrospective of fashion designer Dorothy Grant, and the history of the doughnutNXNW August 3/4, 2024 | August is here, and so is the latest edition of the NXNW newsletter! This weekend's listening menu includes new summer reads, groundbreaking fashion, and lots of doughnuts.
Authors Rajinderpal S. Pal and Rob Taylor join us with their new books. Haida fashion designer Dorothy Grant reflects on a new retrospective celebrating her 40 years in the fashion business, and we kick off our August Donuts series with a history lesson from UFV's Lenore Newman.
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Be sure to stop by our CBC Listen page. | | | Coming up on the show this weekend: | | | Saturday |  | Non-alcoholic beer is becoming increasingly popular for the hot summer days. Craft beer expert and B. Diversity. Group founder Ren Navarro explains why more people want beer with no buzz. | | | | | Cindy Mochizuki's documentary, Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama, is screening at Vancouver's Powell Street Festival (Aug 3-4). We'll return to the conversation we had with Cindy when the film was released in April. | | | | | Our August Donuts series gets a rolling start with food historian and author Lenore Newman, who takes us through the history of the popular pastry. (She shares her B.C. faves too!) | | | | | Celebrated poet and performer Rajinderpal S. Pal joins us with his debut novel, However Far Away, which tells a story of love, family duty, and betrayal against the backdrop of a Sikh wedding in Vancouver. | | | | | Sunday | | | Ian Kennedy's The Best Loved Boat: The Princess Maquinna is shortlisted for the 40th annual B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes. We'll revisit our interview from earlier this year. | | | | | Vancouver writer Rob Taylor joins us to discuss his new poetry collection, Weather, which features 156 poems written throughout the first three years of his second child's life. | | | | | How do you come out to your parents, and how can parents be supportive of their kids as they come out? CBC's Eva Zhu shares their experience as we head into Pride Week in Vancouver. | | | | | Acclaimed Haida fashion designer Dorothy Grant and her 40-year career are being celebrated in Haida Gwaii Museum's latest exhibit, Dorothy Grant: Raven Runs Full Circle (Jul 6 - Dec 31). NXNW's Jeremy Ratt takes us to her studio. | | | | | | | | | The love, betrayal and family secrets of However Far Away | | | Critically-acclaimed poet and stage performer Rajinderpal S. Pal joins us to talk about his debut novel, However Far Away, which will be published by House of Anansi on August 6th.
Set under the backdrop of Vancouver, the book follows Devinder Gill as he prepares to attend his nephew's wedding. While Dev raises two kids with his wife Kuldip, he holds a terrible secret: he's having an affair with Emily Rice, an Irish Canadian woman and his first love. With both women attending the wedding, Devinder is unprepared for what the day will entail for his life, love, and family. | | |  | | | | | | | | | Dorothy Grant: Raven Runs Full Circle | | | On July 6, the Haida Gwaii Museum opened Dorothy Grant: Raven Runs Full Circle. The exhibit is a retrospective celebrating the acclaimed Haida fashion designer and chronicling her artistic journey over 40 years.
Story producer Jeremy Ratt visited Dorothy Grant's home studio in Tsawwassen. We'll hear about the retrospective's collection, the pieces that inspire Dorothy the most, and her upcoming book, Dorothy Grant: An Endless Thread, which will be published by Figure 1 on October 2. | | |  | Dorothy Grant in front of her pieces on display | | |  | Model wears a Raven Cape with One Shoulder Dress (Photo: Farah Nosh) | | | | | | | Doughnuts - Lenore Newman and the history of the dougnut | | | Kicking off our August Donuts series, we're joined by Lenore Newman. Lenore is the director of the Food and Agriculture Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley and an acclaimed author who often writes on food history and culture. She'll guide us through the history of the donut and its unique role in Canadian culture. She also shares a few B.C. doughnut shop faves. (After the interview, the NXNW team had to go out and indulge in one of her recommendations.) | | |  | The NXNW Team with a box of Lee's Donuts | | | | | | | In case you missed it... | Last week on NXNW, CBC Gzowski intern Emma Jean took us on a trip to Maan Farms. We'll hear from co-owner Devinder Maan and her daughter Gurleen Maan as they discuss their signature strawberry jams, what it means to maintain family recipes, and more.
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